Battleship (movie)

The monster success of "The Lego Movie," which took in $69.1 million over its opening weekend, has Hollywood scanning the aisles of toy stores, looking for the next hit. In recent years, several film series based on action figures and other children's products have found major box-office success. Among those have been pictures based on the Transformers and G.I. Joe toy lines. Despite recent high-profile toy-based film missteps like the 2012 flop "Battleship," Warner Bros.' Lego hit could lead to a toy movie resurgence. PHOTOS: Box office top 10 of 2013 Among the projects in varying stages of development or production are films based on...

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